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William Horace LAMSHED

Regimental number6535
Place of birthWeetulta, South Australia
SchoolWallaroo Mines State School and Kadina District High School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCarpenter
AddressKadina, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Lamshed, Kadina, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Forces.
Enlistment date28 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 21 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death23.4
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot LX, Row F, Grave No. 10), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
59
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Kadina Memorial High School Roll of Honour, South Australia. Parents: Samuel and Emma LAMSHED, 15 Agery Road, Kadina, South Australia
Family/military connectionsCousin: 6536 Pte Clarence Albert LAMSHED, 10th Bn, returned to Australia, 26 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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